Re: extracting tarball to a location other than ./

To: debian users <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: extracting tarball to a location other than ./
From: Michael Marsh <michael.a.marsh@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 08:26:09 -0500
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Reply-to: Michael Marsh <michael.a.marsh@gmail.com>
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 20050329122052.GA5499@utoronto.ca>
References: <[🔎] 20050329122052.GA5499@utoronto.ca>

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 07:20:52 -0500, Matt Price <matt.price@utoronto.ca> wrote:
> ok, I give up -- how do I tell tar to extract a tarball to a location
> other than ./ ?  I 've been through the info pages but didn't notie
> the solution in any of the obvious places.

I usually cd to the destination directory and worry about the path to
the tarfile:
$ cd src
$ tar xvf ../downloads/tarfile.tgz

-- 
Michael A. Marsh
http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~mmarsh
http://mamarsh.blogspot.com

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